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The Independent
17-04-2025
- The Independent
Man charged after police chase crash which injured seven officers
A man has been charged with dangerous driving after seven officers were injured in a crash involving five police vehicles and a car which was being pursued on Tyneside. Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, of Sylvia Terrace, Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Saturday over the collision on the northbound A1 on April 9. Northumbria Police said he has been charged with dangerous driving, two counts of failing to stop a motor vehicle when required by a constable, two counts of no insurance use, and two counts of driving otherwise than in accordance with licence. He is also accused of a further four counts of driving otherwise than in accordance with licence and four counts of no insurance use. The force said a woman in her 20s was released with no further action to be taken in relation to her arrest on suspicion of aiding and abetting dangerous driving. She was, however, released on police bail for suspected drug possession offences, pending further inquiries. The crash happened near the Derwent Haugh Road junction, on the borders of Gateshead and Newcastle, at 2.27am on April 9. The Northumbria force said seven officers were taken to hospital with what it described as non-life threatening injuries. They have all since been discharged. A spokesman said the two occupants of a BMW, which was being pursued at the time, were uninjured. The collision happened on the A1 carriageway below the roundabout where gunman Raoul Moat shot Pc David Rathband, leaving him blind, in 2010. The spokesman said officers attempted to stop a dark grey BMW M Sport in the Whickham area of Gateshead at about 2am, because of concerns about the way it was being driven. The car drove off and was later seen in the Swalwell area. He said specialist officers from the roads policing unit got behind the car at 2.25am and a pursuit was authorised. Images from the scene showed four marked police vehicles badly damaged, a car on its side, and debris scattered across the carriageway. One of the police vehicles had its roof torn off.
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Yahoo
Man charged after police chase crash which injured seven officers
A man has been charged with dangerous driving after seven officers were injured in a crash involving five police vehicles and a car which was being pursued on Tyneside. Mazyar Azarbonyad, 20, of Sylvia Terrace, Durham, will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on Saturday over the collision on the northbound A1 on April 9. Northumbria Police said he has been charged with dangerous driving, two counts of failing to stop a motor vehicle when required by a constable, two counts of no insurance use, and two counts of driving otherwise than in accordance with licence. He is also accused of a further four counts of driving otherwise than in accordance with licence and four counts of no insurance use. The force said a woman in her 20s was released with no further action to be taken in relation to her arrest on suspicion of aiding and abetting dangerous driving. She was, however, released on police bail for suspected drug possession offences, pending further inquiries. The crash happened near the Derwent Haugh Road junction, on the borders of Gateshead and Newcastle, at 2.27am on April 9. The Northumbria force said seven officers were taken to hospital with what it described as non-life threatening injuries. They have all since been discharged. A spokesman said the two occupants of a BMW, which was being pursued at the time, were uninjured. The collision happened on the A1 carriageway below the roundabout where gunman Raoul Moat shot Pc David Rathband, leaving him blind, in 2010. The spokesman said officers attempted to stop a dark grey BMW M Sport in the Whickham area of Gateshead at about 2am, because of concerns about the way it was being driven. The car drove off and was later seen in the Swalwell area. He said specialist officers from the roads policing unit got behind the car at 2.25am and a pursuit was authorised. Images from the scene showed four marked police vehicles badly damaged, a car on its side, and debris scattered across the carriageway. One of the police vehicles had its roof torn off.
BBC News
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
25 of the best theatre shows to see in spring and summer 2025
Many theatres around the UK are staging fewer original productions than a decade ago, BBC research has revealed. But there are still plenty of plays and musicals on offer. Here are highlights from some of the theatres covered by the research. Playwright James Graham's latest powerful drama Punch, about the fallout from one fatal moment on a Saturday night out, is based on a true story. It has had rave reviews at Nottingham Playhouse and now at the Young Vic in London, where it runs until 26 April. It will transfer to the West End's Apollo Theatre in September. Raoul Moat, who went on a murderous rampage and spent a week on the run in 2010 is examined by award-winning playwright Robert Icke in Manhunt, which attempts to imagine what was going through Moat's mind. Royal Court, London, until 3 May. Psychological thriller Our New Girl by Nancy Harris, who wrote acclaimed TV comedy-drama The Dry, follows a woman struggling to deal with work and a troubled son when the arrival of an au pair does anything but help. Belfast Lyric, until 4 May. Alexis Deacon's children's book Beegu, about a lonely yellow alien who finds herself lost on Earth, is adapted for ages three to seven and is at the Unicorn Theatre, London, until 4 May. The UK stage premiere of a stage show based on feelgood 1994 Australian film Muriel's Wedding turns the story of the woman who longs to have the wedding of her dreams into a musical. Original songs are mixed with tunes by Muriel's beloved Abba. Leicester Curve, until 10 romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing takes place in the world of footballers, wags and the celebrity high life, led by Freema Agyeman (Doctor Who) and Nick Blood (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, until 24 Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean's touching and comedic portrait of a Humberside family dealing with ageing and generational frissons, To Have and To Hold, stars Paula Wilcox, Ian Bartholomew and Stephen Tompkinson when it comes home to Hull Truck, 1-24 left an image of a girl standing in falling snow – which is actually ash from a fire – on the corner of a garage near the steelworks in Port Talbot, south Wales, in 2018. Now, Port Talbot Gotta Banksy uses the real words of local people to examine how the community reacted. Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, 2-10 May, then New Plaza, Port Talbot, 15-17 May, and author Roddy Doyle's book Two Pints, about two middle-aged men reflecting on life over a drink in a Dublin pub, gets its UK stage premiere at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre, 2-24 Addy plays a man who decides to walk the length of England to visit a former colleague who has cancer, in the world premiere of a stage adaptation of 2012 best-selling book The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. Rachel Joyce has adapted her own novel, with songs by chart-topping singer-songwriter Passenger. Chichester Festival Theatre, 5 May-4 Luther King meets his match in the form of a Memphis hotel maid in an imagined meeting on the eve of his assassination in Katori Hall's The Mountaintop, in a new production by Edinburgh Lyceum, 31 May-21 final play by unsung Stoke-on-Trent writer Arthur Berry finally gets its world premiere to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth. The title character in Whatever Happened to Phoebe Salt? dreams of swapping the grind of her butcher's job for a life in showbusiness. New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 31 May-21 Tick, Tick… Boom!, about an aspiring composer confronted by his 30th birthday, became an Oscar-nominated film in 2021. It now reopens Theatr Clwyd in Mold, north Wales, after a three-year, £49m refurbishment. 2-28 June. James Cooper and Jamie Morton - two-thirds of the team behind hit podcast My Dad Wrote A Porno - have made Lovestuck: A New Comedy Musical, which is billed as a "riotous romantic comedy" about dating and the quest to find love. Theatre Royal Stratford East, London, 6 June-12 children must fend for themselves after their addict mother abandons them in their caravan for the summer holidays in "dark comedy" Flumps (not to be confused with the 1970s children's TV show!). Colchester Mercury, 6-14 pairs of dancers have made it to Blackpool's National Amateur Championships, but rivalries and mis-steps threaten the fixed smiles and fake tans in Amanda Whittington's Kiss Me Quickstep, Derby Theatre, 6-21 people in different corners of the world – the fjords of Norway, the mountains of Colorado and the Tesco in Halewood, Merseyside – have encounters with wild animals in The Walrus has a Right to Adventure, inspired by real events. Liverpool Everyman, 12-21 June.A fictional lesbian choir – said to be the only one in the country – face tensions from inside and out as they try to win a place on the Pride main stage in The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs, a musical comedy at the Kiln, London, 13 June-12 July. Welsh 19th Century aristocrat Henry Cyril Paget, the fifth Marquess of Anglesey, scandalised high society with eccentricities that included using a car that converted exhaust fumes into perfume, and blowing his family's fortune on diamond frocks. His story is told in How To Win Against History, Bristol Old Vic, 19 June-21 July.A man who lost his wife to Covid occupies himself by walking his neighbour's dogs. When they escape one day, he takes chase and finds a dead body, forcing him to confront his own grief, in Man's Best Friend at Tron, Glasgow, 19 June-12 Lenny Henry's children's book The Boy With Wings, about a boy who discovers he has inherited superpowers and is tasked with saving the world, gets its stage premiere at Polka Theatre, London, 21 June-16 August, then Birmingham Rep, 21-30 August. A couple dealing with the everyday challenges of dementia take inspiration from Leeds United's 2020 promotion-chasing team and their manager Marcelo Bielsa in Through It All Together, which looks set to be perfectly timed to coincide with the team's latest return to the Premier League. Leeds Playhouse, 23 June-19 July. Liberation will mark the 80th anniversary of the Fifth Pan African Congress, which was held in Manchester in 1945 and was a key moment for independence movements. Royal Exchange, Manchester, 27 June-26 July. The writer and director of smash hit Prima Facie, starring Jodie Comer, reunite for a new legal drama. Saltburn's Rosamund Pike plays a judge in Inter Alia, billed as a "searing examination of modern masculinity and motherhood". National Theatre, London, 10 July-13 Brian Cox returns to the Scottish stage for the first time in a decade, playing pioneering 18th Century economist Adam Smith in Make It Happen, James Graham's new satire about the history of the Royal Bank of Scotland and its role in the 2008 financial crash. Dundee Rep, 18-26 July, then Edinburgh Festival Theatre 30 July-9 August.
New York Times
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
‘Manhunt' Is a Case Study in Fragile Masculinity
One of the largest manhunts in British police history took place in northeastern England in summer 2010. The fugitive was Raoul Moat, a 37-year-old bodybuilder and former nightclub bouncer with a history of violence. He had just been released from prison when he shot Samantha Stobbart, his former girlfriend, and her new boyfriend, Chris Brown, in a jealous rage. Stobbart survived, Brown didn't. The next day, Moat fired a sawed-off shotgun at a police officer, David Rathband, at point-blank range, blinding him. While he was on the run, Moat reportedly vowed to 'keep killing police until I am dead.' The story was a rolling news sensation at the time. Moat was a clear and present danger, and the situation was fluid. But sheer scale of the police operation to track him down — involving more than 100 armed officers and a military aircraft — was unusual by British standards. The manhunt ended when, after a six-hour standoff with the police, Moat turned his gun on himself. In the weeks after his death, Moat was celebrated as a folk hero in some corners of the internet, and was lauded for what was seen as uncompromising machismo. A Facebook page in his honor amassed 35,000 members. The cast of 'Manhunt.' Alongside Edward-Cook, center, a small ensemble plays multiple parts. Credit... Manuel Harlan A bracing new play, 'Manhunt,' at Royal Court Theater in London presents Moat's story as a case study in fragile masculinity. Written and directed by Robert Icke — whose recent West End 'Oedipus' is heading to Broadway — it takes the form of an imagined trial in which Moat, speaking from beyond the grave, both re-enacts and reflects on the terrible events of the last week of his life. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times. Thank you for your patience while we verify access. Already a subscriber? Log in. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
The Independent
09-04-2025
- The Independent
Seven officers taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash during police pursuit
Seven officers have been taken to hospital following a collision involving five police vehicles and another car which was being pursued on Tyneside. Northumbria Police said the crash happened on the northbound A1 near the Derwent Haugh Road junction, on the borders of Gateshead and Newcastle, at 2.27am on Wednesday. The force said seven officers were taken to hospital with what it described as non-life threatening injuries. Four have been discharged, two remain for observation and one is receiving treatment to a leg injury. A spokesman said the two occupants of a BMW, which was being pursued at the time, were uninjured. A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, he said. A woman, also in her 20s, has been arrested on suspicion of aiding and abetting dangerous driving. Both remain in custody. The collision happened on the A1 carriageway below the roundabout where gunman Raoul Moat shot Pc David Rathband, leaving him blind, in 2010. The spokesman said officers attempted to stop a dark grey BMW M Sport in the Whickham area of Gateshead at about 2am due to concerns over the way it was being driven. The car drove off and was later seen in the Swalwell area. He said specialist officers from the roads policing unit got behind the car at 2.25am and a pursuit was authorised. Superintendent Michelle Caisley said: 'Firstly, we want to wish all the officers who have been involved in the collision a full recovery. 'We would also thank all those who attended the scene, including our colleagues from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and the North East Ambulance Service. 'An investigation is under way to determine the full circumstances surrounding the incident and we ask anyone with information that may assist us to come forward. 'We would also ask people to avoid speculation both online and in the community which could impact the investigation. 'We recognise this incident has caused significant delays and thank motorists for their patience. The road closure has been necessary in order for our collision investigation team to conduct their inquiries.' National Highways said the A1 will be closed between Swalwell in Gateshead and Denton in Newcastle in both directions into Wednesday afternoon. A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: 'We received a call at 2.29am on Wednesday April 9 to reports of a road traffic collision on the A1 northbound near Denton, Newcastle. 'We dispatched five ambulance crews, a specialist paramedic, a duty officer, two crews from our hazardous area response team and requested support from our colleagues at the Great North Air Ambulance Service who attended by road. 'Five patients were transported to hospital for further treatment.' Images from the scene showed four marked police vehicles badly damaged, a car on its side, and debris scattered across the carriageway. One of the police vehicles had its roof torn off. Long after the crash, blue lights continued to flash on an unmarked police car which was crushed against the central reservation barrier. A police detection dog was sent in to a dark coloured BMW which was wedged between the marked police cars. The process of removing the damaged vehicles and lifting them on to low loaders was under way by lunchtime. Northumbria Police have asked anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage of the incident to get in touch.
